Improvement in the manufacture of cigars



G. W. WRITNER.

MANUFACTURE OF CIGARS.

No. 194,94. I Patented Sept. 4,1877.

N.PETE.RS, PHOTO-UTMUGRAPHER. WASHINGTON. D c.

UNITED GEORGE W. WRITNER, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF HISRIGHT TO NAPOLEON DU BRUL, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN THE MANUFACTURE OF CIGARS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. [94,944, datedSeptember 4, 1877; application filed July 3, 1877.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. WRITNER, of Cincinnati, Hamilton county,Ohio, have invented a new and useful Process for the Manufacture ofCigars, of which the following is a specification Cigars are, it is wellknown, usually made by first rolling the filling in a portion ofleaftobacco called the binder, and, while in a damp condition, thesebound cores are sometimes pressed in a mold for the purpose of securinga certain degree of uniformity and precision of shape. These cores, whenset, are finally covered with wrappers of leaf tobacco.

The purpose of the intermediate binder is to hold the filling andfacilitate the after hand process of wrapping or finishing. Its presencein the cigar rather detracts from than adds to its market value; indeed,the best cigars are made without it, but their manufacture necessitatesexceptional skill and corresponding expense.

The purpose of my invention is to manufacture cigars without a binderpossessing all the qualities of the highest-priced hand-made onessuch,for example, as those called Cu basat a trivial expense, and bycomparatively unskilled labor, such as is easily ,procured in any place.

For this purpose I inclose the filling in a temporary binder of anyconvenient materialsuch, for example, as thin Manila paperand, while sobound, I bring any number thereof to a definite form and size bypressing within a suitable mold, and, after removal from such mold, thethus bound cores are divested of their said binders and finallywrappedin leaftobacco by hand, in the usual way.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 represents a bunch or filling, A,enveloped in a paper binder, B, ready to be placed in the mold. Fig. 2represents such a bound filling placed in the lower member 0 of anysuitable cigar-mold. Fig. 3 represents a core produced by withdrawingsuch filling from the mold and removal of its binding. Fig. 4representsthe finished cigar produced by inclosing the said core, by hand, in awrapper, D, of leaftobacco.

I do not claim, broadly, the use of temporary binders, such use havingbeen heretofore suggested in the manufacture of machinemade cores of astraight cylindrical form. This suggestion, however, has. never reachedany practical results, and differs entirely from my process.

Molds are used extensively in all sections of the country in themanufacture of common and ordinary grades of cigars, and are the meansof saving to the manufacturers large sums yearly in labor and tobacco.

In my process of using the temporary binder with the cigar-mold, it willbe seen that any crease or fin formed by the act of molding will bewholly confined to the temporary binder, and will be removed therewith,which is of great importance in the manufacture of fine cigars.

A cigar made by my process has all the good qualities of the besthand-made cigars, and is superior in form, and although possessinggreater uniformity, cannot be distinguished from hand-work by even themost experienced judges in the trade.

I am aware that it has been proposed to employ temporary wrappers in themanufacture of cylindrical cigars, and I therefore disclaim novelty inthe use of such wrappers or binders, save as a part of the process, andin the manner hereinabove described, and for the objects hereinspecifically designated.

I claim as new and of my invention- The process of manufacturing cigarsof the ordinary tapered shape, consisting in first enveloping thefilling in a temporary binder, which filling thus bound is pressed in amold, removed therefrom, divested of its binder, and finallyhand-wrapped, substantially as set forth.

In testimony of which invention I hereunto set my hand.

GEO. W. WRITNER.

Attest:

GEO. H. KNIGHT, WALTER KNIGHT.

